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Very large floating structure
Very large floating structures (VLFSs) or very large floating platforms (VLFPs) are artificial islands, which may be constructed to create floating airports, bridges, breakwaters, piers and docks, storage facilities (for oil and natural gas), wind and solar power plants, for military purposes, to create industrial space, emergency bases, entertainment facilities (such as casinos), recreation parks, mobile offshore structures and even for habitation. Currently, several different concepts have been proposed for building floating cities or huge living complexes.[1] Some units have been constructed and are presently in operation.[2]
Floating structures offer several advantages over more permanent structures which might extend from the shore into open water:
- they do not damage the marine eco-system;
- they do not cause silt deposition in deep harbors;
- they do not disrupt the ocean currents;
- they are easy to construct, since much of the construction is completed onshore;
- installation is rapid;
- they are immune to seismic shock.[3]
- ^ "DeltaSync floating city". Deltasync.nl. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ Japan constructed the Mega-Float (a floating runway in Tokyo bay); Japan also has floating fuel storage bases at Shirashima and Kamigoto Islands, and floating ferry piers at Ujina port (Hiroshima). Several very long floating bridges are currently in use; three are located near Seattle, Washington USA. The Floating Bridge, Dubai, over the Dubai Creek, is 300 meters long. Singapore built the world’s largest floating performance stage at the Marina Bay, and is currently installing a mega floating fuel storage facility off Pulau Sebarok. South Korea is currently installing three floating islands on the Han River, to be used for convention centers, and another project at Seoul will function as hotel/convention center/customs site/quay. Science Direct, Very Large Floating Structures, p. 63
- ^ Wang, C.M.; Tay, Z.Y. (2011). "Very Large Floating Structures: Applications, Research and Development". Procedia Engineering. 14: 62–72. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2011.07.007.
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